despontar

Portuguese

Etymology

From des- +‎ ponta (“tip, point”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: des‧pon‧tar

Verb

despontar (first-person singular present indicative desponto, past participle despontado)

  1. (intransitive) to emerge; to come out
  2. (intransitive, botany) to sprout
  3. (transitive) to trim
  4. (transitive) to blunt

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Noun

despontar m (plural despontares)

  1. beginning
    ao despontar do dia ― at daybreak

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